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R. SELLICK.

STAND.

APPLlCATlON FILED MAR. 22. I916.

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R. SELLICK.

STAND.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 22, 19X6.

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Application filed March 22, 1916. Serial No. 35,7553.

To all whom a may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT SELLICK, a citizen of the United States, anda. resident of Newark, county of Essex, and Stateof New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stands, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a structure in the nature of a stand on whichpersons can be arranged and seated, the stand being arranged to inclinethe seats in the usual manner of stands for this purpose, the structurebeing particularly adapted for stands for spectators at games or forperformers in choruses and the like. The stand is one that is adapted tobe erected and taken down without the use of nails, the parts fittingtogether in a way to provide a stable stand that is well braced whenassembled, the parts acting to support each other against accidentalmovement when the stand is assembled, but permitting an easy knockingdown of the stand when it is desired to take it apart. The stand whencollapsed takes up but little room, since the different parts of thestructure can be piled in a small space and very little storage room isneeded for housing the stand when it is not erected.

The stand is particularly ,adapted for ball fields and the like, beingadapted to be removed at the end of the game or between seasons, and isalso adapted for use in choruses or tableaux where its use on a stage ismade possible by reason of its knock-down or collapsing feature.

The invention consists of inclined stringers that are braced againstmovement both in a horizontal and transverse direction, on

which stringers are arranged purlins which in turn support stanchions onwhich the seats are arranged, the stanchions and purlins being held intheir positions by braces which form the supports for the floor boardsbetween the seats, the boards fitting together and being held in placeby the other elements so that, unless desired, it is not necessary todrive nails into the structure to fasten the parts together.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in whichFigure 1 is a top View showing a stand of my improved construction. Fig.2 is a side view of the stand shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a detailshowing a stanchion in front view supporting a seat board, and Fig. 4 isa side view of the detail shown in Fig. 3, the purlin, the

floor board and the seat board being shown 1n section. abutting ends ofthe seat boards showing the manner of locking them together and lockingthem on the stanchion. Fig. 6 is a side view showing the stringer andthe jacks for holding it. Fig. 7 is a section on line 7, 7, in Fig. 6.Fig. 8 shows a jack which is used at the juncture of the stringers whenthestand is extended farther to the rear. Fig. 9 is a front view, andFig. 10 is a section of a modified form of structure showing a differentform of stanchion and a slightly different manner of disposing of theparts, and Fig. 11 is a perspective view'showing one method of fasteningthe braces to the purlin in a modified form.

The stand can be made of any size, one size being shown in Figs. 1 and2, the supporting portion of the stand consisting of stringers 10 whichare arranged in substantially parallel relation and are arranged to lieat an incline, beingsuitabl supported by jacks 11. The jacks arearranged to hold the stringer in its inclined position and keep it frommoving sidewise, the jacks being preferably arranged alternately trans-"versely and longitudinally on the stringer.

In Fig. 1 jacks are shown at 0, in transverse position, and at b inlongitudinal position, these positions alternating both across the standand from front to rear so that a stiffening of the structure is assured.jacks are shown in detail in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, the transversearrangement of jacks being shown at a in Fig. 6, the transverse jacksconsisting of the legs 12 which are arranged at an angle to each other,the plates or boards 13 holding them together, the upper ends 14 0f thelegs forming an opening for the reception of the stringer 10. A modifiedform of transverse jack is shown in Fig. 8 in which the legs 12 areadapted to receive the abutting ends of the stringers 10 and 10*, thestringer 10 being arranged to extend the stand farther to the rear andbeing held, at its other end, in turn by other jacks, the stringersbeing cut away as at 15 to receive the shoulders 16 of the bar 17 whichis held by suitable braces 18 on the legs 12.

In the center of Fig. 6, as at b, I show a longitudinal jack, the legs12 being provided at the top with a beam 19 which supports the stringers10 and 10*, the bottom having side-plates 20 which are usually formed ofa Fig. 5 is a bottom View of the The.

piece of board, these side-plates projecting above the bottom 19 so.that the beam and the side-plates form a channel for the stringer. Itwill be understood that other means of fastening the stringers inposition can be used, but the form illustrated is preferred, as thealternate arrangement of the jacks, to prevent tilting in any dlrection,1nsures a solid structure.

Supported on the stringers and extending from side to side of the standare the purlins 21, these resting on the stringers and bein held againstmovement in any manner, but in Figs. 3 and 4 I show them held betweenblocks 22. The purlins are arranged as far apart as the seats are to beapart, the purlins supporting the stanchions 23. The form of stanchionshown in Figs. 3 and 4 consists of uprights 24 and 25 having, at thefront, the obliquely arranged strips 26, being connected near theirbottoms by the board 27. The bottoms of the strips 26 rest on thepurlin, the stanchions being arranged side by side a suitable distanceapart and supporting, at their tops, the seat boards 28. The

braces 29 are laid on the structure so that I a notch 30, at the forwardend, rests over the top edge of the board 27, and a notch 31, in therear end of the brace, rests on and catches over the to edge of thepurlin. The rear end 32 of t e brace 29 thus extends under thestanchion, over which the next succeeding upper brace 29 is caught. Thetruss pieces 33 and 34 are arranged to project rearwardly from theuprights 24 of the stanchion and are fastened to the upright 25,

the truss piece 33 being arranged on onesido. of the uprights and havingits top edge 36 bearing against the under side of the brace \29,thetruss piece 34 having its bottom edge the brace 29 upright. In thisdescription I refer to the braces and stanchions in the singular, but itwill be understood that they are disposed over the stand side by side asclosely as is deemed necessary to place them, fichgrding to the loadthey are expected to It will be readily seen from this description thatthe jacks and stringers are put in place and then the purlins are laiddown extend ving across the stringers, after which the stanchions can beput in place properly disposed over the purlins, but the preferred wayis to start at the bottom row and brace the stanchions on the purlin andalso brace the purlin by means, of the braees 29 whici; are extendedback to the next purlin, then the next set of stanchions are put inplace, the succeeding braces 29 extended back to the next highestpurlin, and the floor boards are then laid on, after which the structurecan be continued on toward the back until the top row of seats isreached. The seat boards 28 are laid on loose if desired, but thepreferred manner of fastening them is by having their abutting endsformed with cleats 39 which are fastened, with a space between them, tothe end of one board, and a cleat 40 is fastened at the end of the nextadjacent seat board, the cleat 40 extending between the cleats 39, allthe cleats being grooved at 41 so that the grooves are in line when theseat boards 28 abut, these grooves fitting over the top edge of the topbrace 42 of the stanchion which has its top edge slightly lower than thetop edges of the uprights 24 and 25, the grooves thus holding the seatboards against movement longitudinally and also preventing theirindependent lifting, since the cleats project under the abutting boardand thus hold the ends of the board against lifting unless both boardsare a center board 43 and a front board 44, the f front board 44 havingits bottom edge resting on the top of the purlin 4.5, the center board43 being cut away to extend over the top edge and down along the backedge of the purlin as at 46 and having a notch 47 to receive the edge ofthe front floor board 48, the floor boards being supported on a brace49. The braces 49 in this construction are supported on their front endson a" purlin 45 and are suspended on their back ends, as at 50, from thebottom of the next highest purlin. One form of supporting the back endof the brace is shown in Fig. 11 in which the wire hanger 51 is bentaround the purlin and around the end 50 of the brace 49 and thentwisted, as at 52, to hold the brace 49 against movement longitudinallyor transversely. The brace 49 is prevented from moving forwardlyinasmuch as when it is fastened to the boards 48, the front boardfitting in the groove or notch 47 is held against forward movement,since the center board 43 of the seat against which it presses, pressesin turn against the next lower purlin 45. The seat boards 53 rest on thestanchions and are either laid on loose or can be secured in anyconvenient manner that will permit their being detached quickly andeasily when it is desired to take down the stand.

The structure herein outlined, which is subject to alteration andmodifications in the shape-of its parts, forms -.a stand that can'betaken down and set up without it be ing necessary to employ carpenters,since after the parts are once made to fit together they can be erectedby workmen who are not especially trained mechanics, and the parts whenproperly put together are held against collapse.

It will be noted in Fig. 4 that any tendency of the occupants of theseat to tilt forward is counteracted by the stanchion being held againstforward swinging, because the truss piece 33 bears against the loweredge of the brace 29 which is held down by the bearing on the back faceof the purlins to prevent the forward movement of the next higheststanchion, and any backward tilting of the seat is prevented by reasonof e the notch 30 in the brace fitting over the board 27, and the lowerend of the stanchion fitting against the back edge of the purlin, thepurlin in turn-being held against tilting backward by the notch 31 ofthe next lower brace 29. Any means may be employed for preventing sidemovement of the purlin on the stringers, one form being shown in Figs. 3and 4 in which the purlin is provided with a notch 54 which rests overthe top edge of the stringer 10.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A stand comprising stringers, purlins supported by the stringers,stanchions on the purlins, seats on the stanchions, braces,

and floor boards on the braces between the stanchions of one row and thenext adjacent row, the purlins, the stanchions and the braces havingco-acting means for detachably securing them in fixed position.

2. A stand comprising substantially parallel urlins, stanchions on thepurlins, seats on t e stanchions, braces connecting the rows ofstanchions and the purlins, and floor boards on the braces and bearinagainst the rows to prevent movement 0 the rows toward each other.

3. In a stand, stringers, rows of seat-s11 porting elements atseparated. points on the stringers, braces detachably supported on therows to hold the rows in alinement, and floor boards on the braces.

4. In a stand, stringers, rows of seat-supporting elements at separatedpoints on the stringers, braces detachably supported on the rows to holdthe rows in alinement, and floor boards on the braces, said boardsbearing against the rows to prevent their movement toward each other.

5. In a stand, parallel rows of seat-supporting elements, said rowscontaining stanchions, seats on the stanchions, braces readilydetachable and holding the rows in position, and floor boards on thebraces, the floor boards resting against the rear edge of the stanchionsof the row in front of its braces.

6. In a stand, purlins in substantially parallel relation, bracessupported between the purlins, stanchions on the purlins and stanchions,and floor boards on the braces and bearing against the stanchions to thefront of them so as to prevent rearward movement of said stanchions.

7. In a stand, purlins substantially parallel, stanchions resting attheir front on the purlins, braces extending across the space betweenthe purlins, and floor boards on the braces, the floor boards engagingthe back of the stanchions to prevent rearward movement of saidstanchions.

8. In a stand, purlins substantially parallel, stanchions with theirfront ends resting on the purlins, braces extending from front to rear,and flooring on the braces, the stanchions resting at their rear on theflooring.

9. In a stand, purlins substantially parallel, stanchions resting on thepurlins, and braces detachably secured at their rear ends to the purlinsand detachably secured at their front ends to the stanchions, saidstanchions extending downward and engaging the rear face of the purlins.

10. In a stand, purlins arranged substantially parallel, stanchionsresting with their front ends on the purlins and extending down toengage the back face of the purlins, braces in notched engagement attheir rear ends with the purlin and in notched engagement at their frontends with the stanchions, and flooring on the braces, the rear part ofthe stanchion having a nose resting on the purlin.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereto set my hand, this21st day of March, 1916.

ROBERT SELLICK.

